DirecTV told customers it's hiking prices next month, after ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels went dark in an ongoing contract fight.

The two companies on Saturday ended their dispute, which resulted in a blackout on the service of ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels that began on Sept. 1.

Over Labor Day weekend, more than 10 million DirecTV and U-Verse customers experienced a blackout of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels such as ABC. The channels went off the air right before the LSU-USC college football game and during the US Open tennis tournament.

DirecTV customers received a surprise Saturday just in time for Week 3 of college football. After a roughly two-week blackout and growing frustration from customers, DirecTV and Disney reached a deal Saturday morning that brought ESPN and other Disney-owned channels back to the pay-tv provider’s customers.

DirecTV on Saturday announced it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.

DirecTV customers can watch their favorite college football games on ESPN this weekend after the TV provider reached deal with The Walt Disney Co.

DirecTV resumed channels from Disney, including ESPN and ABC, after the two sides agreed to a new deal less than two weeks after service was halted to the satellite TV provider. The two companies made a joint announcement Saturday morning,

Walt Disney and DirecTV are back in business with each other after a dispute that has kept ESPN, ABC, and other Disney-owned networks off of the cable provider since the beginning of September.